We had a conference here in Vancouver called "RAW" which stood for ready and willing. The aim of the conference was to assemble young people on their March Break and give them opportunities to serve, evangelize, prophesy, weep, have their hearts broken for the poor as well as to be blessed by them and to hear teachings to equip them for battle in Jesus' Name.

When faced with the text I was given to preach on - Isaiah 52:7:

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news,
       who proclaim peace,
       who bring good tidings,
       who proclaim salvation,
       who say to Zion,
"Your God reigns!"

I was struck with the obvious action involved in bringing the Good News of Jesus Christ. We have to move. We can't stay on the battlefield when the victory has been won, NO! The fervour, the drama, the sheer elation of emerging triumphantly in God's eternal Kingdom, adopted into His eternal family stimulates the warrior - whether fresh from the farm or battle-scarred and seasoned - to propel themselves towards nearby persons. This often involved sprinting long distances through treacherous territory to bring the Good News to others.
Who are these "Others"? They are those who wait within walled cities, languishing under oppression from the enemy and no hope to look to.

Imagine how beautiful on the mountain would be the sight of one who brings news (especially good news) of the battle? The outcome of which would decide whether or not those city-dwellers had freedom and prosperity in their land, with fathers, brothers and husbands returning home after being called to arms - and quite possibly with cattle and riches in tow OR if you could expect slavery, or even worse, an army to march on your city and carry off your virgin daughters, burn homes, rape old and young women, piercing pregnant wombs and destroying all evidence that your people ever existed.
Beautiful feet indeed.

This call, to "Go ye therefore" (Matthew 28) is not a suggestion, but clearly the only fitting response after winning the battle with sin and death by surrendering to Jesus and receiving salvation. Referring to Strong's Lexicon, I was pleased to learn that the greek word poreoumai (which is used here for the word go) has this meaning:

~to pursue the journey on which one has entered, to continue on one's journey

Which leads me to a conclusion that if after coming to godly sorrow that leads to true repentance for your sin and accepting the sacrifice of Jesus and the forgivness of that sin, unless you SPRING FORTH and run to tell others who are still waiting in the barricaded cities of sin and death to bring them the Good News of Jesus Christ, then you aren't continuing on your spiritual journey. You aren't even entering into it. You stay on the battlefield feeling rather proud of yourself.

We must move! Others have to know!
If you have no idea what I am talking about and have never experienced spiritual feelings that would make you want to do backflips in the air and shout out in a public place out of sheer love for Jesus, then I adjure you to ask yourself whether or not you have truly had an experience with a Living God.
Otherwise, the deal is to Go...bring someone some Good News!

Death and Glory